Sinharaja

... forests] that will sustain and augment the various forest values of the future." From Martin's strategic location, I hiked into Sinharaja with a highly-knowledgeable guide who was full of excuses not to stay in the forest. Guided walks are supposed ...

Well, a slightly eventful few days that has involved a party at the Australian High Commision in Colombo, a trek through the rainforest, swimming in waterfalls and going on an elephant safari. But where to start? The party was pretty awesome. It was ...

... hotspot, with its own unique eco-system consisting of protected birds, flora and fauna. Located in south-west Sri Lanka, Sinharaja is the country's last viable area of primary tropical rainforest. More than 60% of the trees are endemic and many of them ...

... of the Western Ghats, Lion-tailed Macaque, Western Ghats Forest Restoration, Indian Elephants, Nilgiri Tahr, Periyar National Park, Sinharaja Natural Heritage Area, Birds of Sri Lanka, Horton Plains National Park, Birds of Kashmir, Snow Leopards, Chitral ...

... off we go, final destination: Mirissa! After a while we realise that the driver is somehow headed towards Colombo (not the sinharaja forest) and therefore taking the looong way to Mirissa…all the way down the coast, instead of cutting across, like ...